Foxes and gold mines headline Colorado farming wealth
An Augusta Maine item notes Jesse Herrin of Cantin profits from a night’s tuning while traps yield foxes valued at 2000 for the fattest, 1500 for the silver gray, and 10 cash for red foxes. Colorado figures like HW Harboe tout Cripple Creek gold and state agriculture as the real wealth.
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Apper
Augusta
Maine
Jesse Herrin
Cantin
Mate
Mittafield Woods
Oliver Gray
Peg Foxes
Tieen Fox
Red Foxes
Baltimore
Colorado
Town Colu Springs Rebuilt Four Miles South
Guthrie Oklahoma reports Colu Springs in Kiowa county moved four miles south under a state corporation commission order. Frame buildings were moved on flat cars. Rival town sites had disputed the town’s location for years.
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Guthrie
Okla
Colu Springs
Kiowa
Waa
State Corporation Commission
Idaho First All-Female Jury Convicts Woman
In Twin Falls Idaho the first all female jury found Mrs Edward Muti guilty of threatening a man with a revolver but recommended mercy. The Probate Court trial centered on drawing a revolver on Arthur Requa and adjournment followed jury lunch prep before a quick verdict.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Edward Muti
Arthur Requa
Tin foil prank restores pastor’s sight in Oklahoma City
A child’s thrown tin foil from a rubber band struck Rev. G. Rupert, a local church pastor who had been blind for 28 years. Wet cloth applications followed and vision was returned to near normal.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
G. Rupert
Will of Thomas Wienn Leaves 4000 Estate and Charitable Gifts
Grand Junction probate shows Thomas Wienn an eighty five year old illiterate teamster willed four thousand dollars. He signed with an X and left one thousand dollars each to St Marys hospital St Josephs Catholic church Fruita and St Malachis Catholic church and one thousand dollars to Mamie Cuddy wife of William Cuddy referred to as my dear friend. He died five weeks ago and funds were thought insufficient to bury him.
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Grand Junction
Cole
Thomas Wienn
St. Mary's Hospital
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Malachi’s Catholic Church
O Fruita
Mamie Cuddy
William Cuddy
Mra. Cuddy
Wienn
The Parcels Post Law Takes Effect January First
Washington reports the parcels post law goes into effect Jan. 1 allowing packages up to eleven pounds with a maximum of seventy two inches in length and girth. A base rate of one cent per paneer or part thereof applies for parcels up to four ounces, while heavier packages incur distance based rates shown in the accompanying table.
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Washington
Red Cross Christmas Seals Boost Fight Against Tuberculosis
Red Cross Christmas seals sold nationwide during Thanksgiving, totaling eighty million with two million allocated to Colorado. Priced at one cent each, proceeds fund tuberculosis control. Seals are purchased for Christmas letters and packages and distributed through post offices and general stores in towns across Colorado.
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Red Cross
United States
Colorado
Cole
Weather Jumble Prompts Confusing Report
A garbled OCR fragment presents a scrambled weather note with stray letters and unclear terms. The readable portions imply a weather blog style brief but lack concrete details such as locations dates or temperatures. The piece requires clarification to extract meaningful facts.
The Christmas Tree History and Industry Expansion
A historical survey traces evergreen trees from ancient Saturnalia to modern American use. It notes roots of tree worship, regional cultivation, and the rise of a large U.S. Christmas tree industry spanning New York, New England, and the Midwest with millions of trees annually and efforts to reforest and sustain supply.
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Rome
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
California
Pacific Coast
Michigan
Wheconsin
Minnesota
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Detroit
United States
Pew
Evewt
Peculiar Mark of Regret at Death of Emperor
Fragmentary text reports a ceremony marking the death of an emperor with gestured lines attributed to Tokre trench Red Cross officials. It mentions plans to lay characters on a banner and the relief of armatures, with references to a boat, masks, and water scenes, all reflecting a distressed scene from the period.
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Abegor Ereor
Tokyo
Red Cross Society
al Geeth
Beck
Ssrtcae
Armatures
Guessing Game Between Doctor and Father
A comic exchange opens with a proud father asking if the newborn is a boy or girl. The doctor teases with guesses, the looter denies, and the father reels through playful responses until a misdirected conclusion leaves a humorous mood.
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Harper's Weekly
Boston Doctor Claims Psychic Hand Reading Cends Clues
A Boston physician describes diagnosing health by holding a patient’s hand and reading subtle cues. The exchange notes a plan to share the idea with Bob as he contemplates studying medicine.
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Bob
Boston
Jane
Fragmented OCR shows tangled talk on schools and reform
The readable lines reveal garbled dialogue about restoring corporate or school authority and a character described as a misleading “good fellow.” The text mentions hem or near London usage and a laundrew scene with a few scattered names and phrases.
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